St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-09-18

Vatl0n overlooking the entlre nelQ, were
Gen, Fairchild and his staff. In the
little valley or gully at their feet the
three regiments composing Fairchild's
division were forming into line, with
Battery f, of the First United States
artillery, on their left flank.
THE OPPOSING FORCES.
The Union army was made up as fol-
lows: Gen. Fairchild and staff. COM
posed of Col. Ege, chief of staff; Col.
Lomia, special aide: Col. w. NJ. Sessions,
Adjt. Gen. Jumper, Capt. KittelsOn, w.
Nj. Bracket, chief of engineers; Mayor
A. A. Ames. medical director; DIR. c. III.
NOrrel, regimental surgeon; William
Cunningham and A. b. Hawkins, order
lies.
First Regiment-Col. Sessions, Lieut..
Col. Coburn, Maj. McCracken. Adjt. j.
ii. Huntington and Orderly Julius Sell
mer; Company a. Capt. PaulSon. thirty
men; Company B, Capt. Hoover, forty
men: Company c, Capt. &. Ii. Robin
son, twenty-five men; Company d,
Capt. Dean, fifty men; Company E,
Capt. Branton, -twenty-seyen men:
Company F, Capt. George, lorty men,
Capt. LOnergan, twenty-hvemen.
Second Regiment-Maj. G. l.. Abbott,
pany A, forty-three men; Capt. Davis,
Company b, twenty-six men; Capt.
Cults, Company c, fifty men; Company
D, Capt. Martin, fifty men; Company E,
William Davis, 100. men; Company f,
Capt. Mills, thirty-eight men; Company
q, Capt. \. f. Barker, fifty men.
Third Regiment-Col. E. NV. Morti-
mer. Lieut.. Col. &. X. Fix, Adjt. George
W. Kellogg, Capt. Pruss, Company \,
forty-tive men: Company b, Capt.
Hasty, fifty men; Company c, Capt.
lr{al ~
Capt. Fish, thirty-siX men; Company E,
Capt. Z. Harding. forty-two men; Com
pany T, Capt. S. A. Harding, twenty
FIVE men; Company G., Capt. A. a.
Whitney, thirty-eight men; Company
II, Capt ID. E. Vance, and Company l,
Capt. A. f. Barker, forty-fve men.
These three regiments together with
Battery f, of the First United States
artillery made up the attacking force.
The Confederate forces were made up
as follows: Col. Bobleter and staff,
composed of Col. George ". Meade as
chief of staff, and Capt. W.. w. Braden
medical director. The First regiment
was composed of Companies \, ID and |,
OF the state guard, commanded by Capt.
+. S. Bean. Lieut.. Amory and Capt.
Osgood respectively. TIE Second and
Third regiments were commanded by
Col. Braden and Col. Leavitt, respect
lively, and were composed of a number
of q. =. r. posts, Company A, of Wa
SEGA, and several companies of the Sons
of Veterans. On the right of the main
body of Col. Bobleter's troops the En-
met. Light artillery, OF st. Paul, was
The posts taking part were the fol-
lowing:
Maynard post, ,Elysian, :; 0 men; McIn-
tyre, Austin, II men: McCook, Glencoe,
40 men; w. t. Kines, Princeton. Is
men; Goodsell, Howard, IL men ;lBecht,
Norwood, 40: n B. Bamon, Waterville.
II: Warburton, Morris, 40;
Haywood, Northfield, 20; Ball,
Winona, 20; Michel, Madelia, IS;
Doughty, Lake City, 10; Post 1874, ST.
Cloud, %; Daggettt, Litehtield, 25;
Muller, Saltwater, Is: John A. Logan,
St. James, 10: Wycoff,- Fillmore, 20;
Baker, Rushford, 20: Van Rensselaer,,
COlley, Delavan, IS; Haskell, Lenwood.
20; Taylor, Fulda, 10; Ellison, North
Branch. so: Miner, Pine Island,
13; Case, Minneapolis, 30; George
n. Morgan, Minneapolis, 81:
Plummer, Minneapolis, 100; Butler,
Minneapolis, 7S; Washburn, Minneapo-
lis, GS; Thomas, Brainerd, SO; Post Is,
White Bear. IL; Skars. st. Peter. SO;
Penney, Hawley, IL; Ellsworth. Rush
City, 20; Minneapolis Battery, 40, and a
large number from scattering posts from
all over the country.
THE FRAY BEGINS.
1t was O'clock when small puffs of
smoke were seen over beyond the track
where Fairchild's men were, and this
was the opening of the battle. Then
for an hour and a quarter there were
scenes of war. The advance of the
skirmisAers, the rapid firing, the gallop-
ing of mounted officers, the cracking of
the muSketS, the roar of the cannon,
the advance and retreat, the movements
of the ambulance for the dead and
dying, the bugle blast, the changing sig
mails. clouds of smoke, and all the at
tendant pageants and pomp of war.
As soon as the first shots of Fair
child's attacking forces were heard Bob
Letter threw out his skirnish, which adj
vanced at double quick, and when 200
yards or more in front of the earth work
they dropped and fired in rapid order
This was returned with telling effect
and, to carry out the mimicrv of battle,
the blue coated militia men fell, appar-
emily moved down by the whizzing bull
let's. Into the cloud of smoke that came
from the musketry, went the ambulance
four government mules. with the hos
pital corps. DR.. j. H. Murphy, medical
director, galloped head of it and di-
rected the corps, as they hurried about
the field with stretcherS, picking the
dead and dying. The firing went OH
for five minutes, and the SkirmiSh line
of the defense remained frm; then it
fell back Tor fifty yards or so, while the
attacking line advanced at a double
quick, firing necessarily. Then the
skirmishers of Col. Bobleter raj
rifles drove back the enemy, while
the artillery from the two armies
kept up booming that shook the blue
sky and clouded the field with smoke.
The skirmishers Oh both sides fell back
and lay quiet III the grass for five min
uteS, and then the advance and retreat
were repeated. Then all firing ceased.
Consultations of officers were held, and
the great YellOwish
CLOUD OF SMOKE
| drifted away. Then there was an ad-
vance of Fairchild's IS skirmishers,- and a
minute later whole division in a solid
| column. This was critical point in
| the battle. Bobleter's skirmishers fell
back at double quick, many brave
man biting the dust as the tide of the
battle rolled across the plain. The at
| tacking line came on with step that
| was firm and even, when all at once
there bazed a solid sheet of flame
from behind the earthwork. Platoon
after platoon followed. and the ranks
of the enemy were rapidly thinned. But
as gaps were made the columns closed
up with soldierly precision, and when,
after some minutes of the musketry, the
firing died down and the smoke had
cleared away, the flag of the attacking
force had been advanced and foated 200
yards nearer the earthwork. A consulta-
ton was held IN Bonletefs fa camp and
The hospital tents We're struck, officers